Your election night result that suprised you?

Brad Cox · 06 Nov 2002, 12:16 PM

Well first I'd like to brag and say I picked Coleman to beat Mondale on another thread the other day. I'm not really sure if I have a big suprise. Jebs victory was bigger than I thought it would have been. I think Steve Largeant losing in Oklahoma is probably the biggest suprise. Here in Illinois the Democrats swept all the statewide races except for treasurer. That didn't suprise me though. Our current corrupt Republican governor screwed the Republican party in Illinois. So what would you guys consder the biggest suprise of election day?

Colin Grabow · 06 Nov 2002, 12:24 PM

Roy Barnes losing in GA.

csc7 · 06 Nov 2002, 12:25 PM

Barnes in GA, he was considered a potential 04 candidate. No one saw him losing

Dan Loney · 06 Nov 2002, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by Brad Cox
Jebs victory was bigger than I thought it would have been.

Using Saddam Hussein's voting machines helped.

SoFla Metro · 06 Nov 2002, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by Dan Loney
Using Saddam Hussein's voting machines helped.

Considering the best the Dems have managed to come up with to challenge Bush the last two elections were Buddy McKay and Bill McBride, I'd say the voting machines (which worked flawlessly by the way) are the least of the problems facing the Florida Democrats. There's a hell of a lot of grass-roots work to be done in this state.

Colin Grabow · 06 Nov 2002, 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by Mike Segroves

It was a surprise only to Largent and those outside Oklahoma.

I didn't pay too much attention to the Oklahoma governor race, so I'm not too familiar with why Largent lost, but I think that he was a good Congressman, willing to stand up for what he believed in. There's an interesting story about him in Mark Sanford's (winner of last night's SC governor's race BTW) book "The Trust Committed to Me." In 1997 Newt Gingrich proposed that committee funding be boosted by 10%. Largent and 10 other Republicans disagreed with the move, pointing out that they were there to reduce government, not expand it, and saw the move as hypocritical. Gingrich threw a fit upon hearing this since the 11 had enough power to block the move, and called everyone into a meeting designed to humiliate the 11. Threatening to cancel everyone's vacation until the issue was resolved, Gingrich called the 11 members "stupid" and "shortsighted idiots" and asked them to stand in front of a microphone and explain themselves in front of approximately 200 GOP colleagues.

Largent was the first up to speak. Looking at Gingrich he said "You can't intimidate me. I've crossed a picket line in the NFL. I had 280-pound linebackers who wanted to kill me, and could have."

"The people in the room identified with the 11 and completely flipped their opinion," said Sanford. "It was as inspiring as any moment during the founding in Philadelphia. It was like a movie set."

Ghost · 06 Nov 2002, 01:22 PM

As I've said in other posts, I work as a newspaper reporter in Georgia. I work in what has traditionally been a Democratic County that's been moving toward the Republicans. Even so, we were hearing these huge margins for Perdue over barnes as they announced precinct results. There were audible gasps each time. IT was a huge shock.

Brad Cox · 06 Nov 2002, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Mike Segroves

It was a surprise only to Largent and those outside Oklahoma.

What were the polls saying in this race before the election? Was one guy heavily favored? And who is this guy thats a 3rd party candidate that pulled out 14%?